Each year, Parents Magazine and Edmunds.com join forces to create the definitive Best Family Cars list. This year, once again, Honda has a strong presence on that list with three different 2015 Honda vehicles earning the distinction. The Honda Accord, CR-V, and Fit all made the top ten list of Best Family Cars by Parents Magazine.
All three of these vehicles also earned a top safety rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and are all equipped with a standard rearview camera. Those safety features combined with Honda's overall excellent design, reliable reputation, and technological innovations made these vehicles easy choices for the Best Family Car list. The awards also show the diversity of the Honda lineup—with a subcompact car, sedan, and SUV all making the list.
The Accord earned a place on the list for the third straight year, while the Honda Fit and CR-V were honored as a best budget car and a best crossover for families, respectively. All three vehicles come with tons of great features, many of them all new for the 2015 model year, so come see Avery Greene Honda to learn more about the lineup . With EarthDreams engine technology, elegant design, and fun and convenience for all, the Honda lineup is quite simply the best in the world.
Honda has introduced the third generation of the popular Fit model to the world, and it remains the best, most fun subcompact on the road today. In fact, the brand has done nothing less than completely improve the all-new Honda Fit, making it even sportier and driver-friendly for the 2015 model year. The car is so all-around excellent, in fact, that it recently landed a spot on the 10 Best Family Cars for 2015 list from Parents Magazine and Edmunds.com.
The Honda Fit has always reminded us of either a raindrop or a bullet. Whichever image you prefer, though, one thing remains the same: the Fit is a zippy and efficient little missile that will get you where you want to go, especially in busy urban settings. The new third-generation Fit comes with more standard features such as automatic headlights, Bluetooth capability, LED taillights, and a six-speed manual transmission. It also comes with a 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine that jets out 130 horsepower and 114 lb-ft of torque.
The Fit comes in no less than five trim configurations, so come see us at Avery Greene Honda to learn more about each of those trim levels and their options. We can tell you in advanced that the baseline LX trim gets the best gas mileage, especially when equipped with the CVT transmission. With tons of exterior and interior options—including vibrant color schemes and aesthetic accessories—and Honda's special "Magic Seat," this small car is big on both fun and performance.
Honda has officially announced its impressive lineup for the upcoming 2015 Tokyo Auto Salon, an annual auto show, which will take place this year from January 9th through 11th. However, secretive as always, a few vehicles are still being kept under wraps.
Of the announced, the vehicle that easily stands out the most is the "Cyber Concept N-Box Slash Code: 89" a highly customized model of the recently released N-Box Slash supercompact. With this boxy vehicle, Japanese customizers pay a cheeky tribute to American car culture.
At the show, Honda will also feature "a Vezel (HR-V in North America and Europe) designed by Japanese fashion company 'Samantha Thavasa', Mugen versions of the Legend, Grace and Fit RS, racecars and a number of motorcycles," according to CarScoops.
We at Avery Greene Honda can't wait to see all of Honda's 2015 Tokyo Auto Salon lineup, only wishing that we could be there in person. What about you? Lets know your thoughts in the comments.
One of the most anticipated vehicles of 2014 was neither a pony nor a hellcat, nor was it a pickup or a crossover. It was one of the most fun, affable, and tech-savvy vehicles on the road, and it's been earning rave reviews from drivers and critics alike since it hit the streets—the 2015 Honda Fit.
The 2015 Fit takes everything that everyone loved about the second-gen Fit and makes it better. It comes with a strong and distinctive new look, an all-new 1.5-liter i-VTEC direct-injected four-cylinder engine that manages to improve power and boost efficiency, and an updated chassis that makes the new Fit a dream to drive.
There's a fit for everyone in every price range: the well-equipped base model starts as low as $15,650; the line-topping EX-L with Honda Sat-Linked Nav with Voice Recognition, leather-trimmed seats, and 7" Display Audio with HD Radio and Sirius XMRadio starts at an affordable $20,925.
The 2015 Honda Fit is available in a number of trims and colors at Avery Greene Honda. With the holiday just around the corner, why not go all-out and get a very special loved one an absolutely unbeatable gift?
The automobile all-star team has a new point guard: the new Honda Fit. The compact car was named an Automobile Magazine All Star for the 2015 model, thanks to its balance of practicality, customization, and fun-to-drive experience. We can't say we are surprised here at Avery Greene Honda, since we see the Fit earning more converts every single day.
The 2015 Fit is now the 20th Honda to make the All Star list. Here at Avery Greene Honda, though, we basically think all of our vehicles are all-stars. So come see us today to find the right fit for you!
Watch out, Toyota—Honda is coming for you in the green car segment! The editors at Green Car Journal recently announced that the 2015 Honda Fit is a finalist for Green Car of the Year—a prestigious award that recognizes the most eco-friendly cars in the industry. With a complete redesign and class-leading EPA-estimated fuel economy, the Fit is a top choice for this award, showing that you don't need to go hybrid to be fuel-efficient.
The 2015 Fit offers an EPA-estimated 36 mpg combined to consumers, while providing fun-to-drive performance with its Earth Dreams Technology 1.5-liter engine and either six-speed manual transmission or CVT. Combining this terrific fuel economy, along with its ample cargo room, the Fit is the perfect car for anyone who needs a versatile mode of transport.
To see the finalist for Green Car of the Year for yourself, stop in to Avery Greene Honda today and give the 2015 Fit a test drive!


C3 Convertible Plastic Rear Window Cracked!
Put up my top on my 75 vert in near freezing temperature and the rear plastic window completely cracked up. I'm sure dryness due to age was a factor. Original white top is in beautiful condition. Any way I can replace just the plastic window, instead of the entire top? Car is still 100% original except for tires, battery and pads and would like to keep that way. Can't seem to find just that part anywhere.
Help and advice is much appreciated.Thanks!
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I found a trim shop that sewed one in for me many years ago. All you can do is check with your local trim shops.
Thanks for tip. I'm in Toronto, Canada - don't know if we have specialty shops like that. Hope a fellow Canadian forum member might know of one.
Since your car is very original, you may have a problem. Look carefully at the perimeter of your original window. It is heat sealed to the top rather than sewn in, as I recall.
Honestly, unless the rest of the top is pristine, and it doesn't appear so if it's the one you posted, you may be throwing good money after bad. A new convertible top can be had for $250 U.S.
I agree with Mr Gusto. For what you will pay for a replacement window ( if you can find a shop to do the heat seal) you could get a new top. Remember the top is as old as the window, and while it might look good, it might be failing also. If your luck is like mine, the seams won't split until AFTER you put the new window in. If it were me, and I was concerned about originality, I would keep the old top somewhere and just put a new one on. If/when you go to sell the car in the future you can give the proud new owner the original top. Good luck.
I know this won't help with the cold but I suggest you get a window pillow. It will keep your new window from getting creases and cracks when stowed.
Plastic window seems glued in, not sewn. Makes sense to buy a whole new top. Where can I get a reasonably priced good top without paying a super premium? Need not be a perfect replica - on a budget. Thx.
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Last edited by theandies; 11-18-2018 at 03:01 AM.
not all tops are equal, price doesn't mean better and tops can have a wide variance even if made by the same vendor in the same batch off the production line, that being said research a new top for user reviews and advoid buying any that claim theres no cutting or trimming needed, there will ALWAYS be some need to modify/trim a new top or else you risk getting to the end of the install to find that your 1/4 inch short of getting the last corner tacked. having said that I would never recommend replacing just the window portion because of the labor involved, stitching a top together is best done on the factory floor because one small error compounds the chance of failure either through stretching (saggy corners) or tearing when low temps are introduced.
My original lasted about 30 years before cracking. Replacement is at 15 years and going strong.
One rule I have is that I don't fold or unfold the top if it less than 50 degrees unless it is absolutely necessary, that seems to help avoid any issues with the window. I thought that guidance was in the owner's manual but it is not there.
Generally, mine sits unfolded and unlatched in the garage.
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Creator: El Paso (Tex.)
Creator: United States. Bureau of Reclamation.
Title: El Paso (Tex.) irrigation study records
Abstract: Comprising a report, slides, photographs, negatives, and photograph logs, the El Paso (Tex.) Irrigation Study Records, 1994, document the history of the irrigation and drainage canals in the El Paso, Texas, area through the early 20th century.
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Comprising a report and visual material, the El Paso (Tex.) Irrigation Study Records, 1994, document the history of the irrigation and drainage canals in the El Paso, Texas, area. Produced by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, the report entitled Historical and Modern Irrigation Systems in El Paso, Texas describes the history of the canals from early Spanish settlement of the area through the improvements and expansion of the irrigation systems in the early 20th century. The visual material contains slides, photographs, negatives, and photograph logs used in the study, which portray the physical features of the canals in 1994 and the early 20th century.
United States. Bureau of Reclamation -- Archives.
Irrigation -- Texas -- El Paso -- History.
Irrigation -- Texas -- El Paso -- Pictorial works.
El Paso (Tex.) -- History.
El Paso (Tex.) -- Pictorial works.
El Paso (Tex.) Irrigation Study Records, 1994, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
3C41 Historical and Modern Irrigation Systems in El Paso, Texas, report, 1994
3S304 Slides, photographs, negatives and photograph logs, 1994

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Each year at UIS, we observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15 – celebrating the cultures and the contributions of Americans whose families came from Mexico, Spain, Central and South American and the Caribbean. With the leadership of OLAS (the Organization of Latin American Students) and our UIS Diversity Center, events are already underway this week.
We had a wonderful Mariachi band on the quad on Monday to kick-off Hispanic Heritage Month and I'm glad I could stop by and enjoy the music with so many members of this vibrant student organization. Thank you OLAS members for sharing your heritage with the campus community and for demonstrating "Leadership lived" with so much commitment and enthusiasm. Check the UIS website for more information about events going on in the next several weeks!
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While visiting Paris for the first time in 2008, I fell in love. It was actually love at first sight! Salade Niçoise (pronounced knee-SWAHZ) won my heart. It's essentially a French composed salad, much like our American Cobb salad, but with tuna, green beans, and potatoes, instead of chicken, bacon, and avocado. Salade Niçoise hails from Nice, on the Mediterranean Sea. I've yet to find a restaurant that serves it here at home. After some recipe book searching, I found this recipe that is easy to make and brings me back to Paris with every bite. In the summer, I make this salad frequently, especially when fresh herbs and green beans from the garden are abundant.
Bring potatoes and 4 quarts cold water to boil in a large pot. Add 1 tablespoon salt and cook until potatoes are tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer potatoes to a medium bowl with a slotted spoon (do not discard boiling water). Toss warm potatoes with 1/4 cup vinaigrette; set aside.
While potatoes are cooking, toss lettuce with 1/4 cup vinaigrette in large bowl until coated. Arrange bed of lettuce on a serving platter (I use individual serving plates, shown in photo). Mound tuna in center of lettuce, coat with vinaigrette. Toss tomatoes, red onion, 3 tablespoons vinaigrette, and salt and pepper to taste in bowl; arrange tomato-onion mixture on the lettuce bed. Arrange reserved potatoes in a mound at edge of lettuce bed.
Return water to boil; add 1 tablespoon salt and green beans. Cook until tender but crisp, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain beans, transfer to reserved ice water, and let stand until just cool, about 30 seconds; dry beans well. Toss beans, 3 tablespoons vinaigrette, and salt and pepper to taste; arrange in a mound at edge of lettuce bed.
Arrange hard boiled eggs, olives, and anchovies (if using) in mounds on the lettuce bed. Drizzle eggs with remaining 2 tablespoons dressing, sprinkle entire salad with capers (if using), and serve immediately.
My goal on this trip to Paris (besides food) was not to shop or go to museums but to simply walk along the boulevards taking in the atmosphere and watching people, which I love to do almost as much as I love to eat Salade Niçoise.
My chance came on a very rainy morning. First order of duty was to head out find coffee since the hotel didn't offer any. Just down the street I stepped into a lovely corner cafe and quickly headed to the counter. An older woman asked, in French, what I wanted. I blurted out "large coffee with cream, please." She looked at me and shrugged. She didn't have a clue what I said. I was perplexed that she couldn't understand and seemed irritated with me. In all my travels to foreign countries I had always gotten away with not knowing how to order a cup of coffee in the native language. Usually, someone knew English or I'd end up resorting to gestures or just pointing at things. Until this particular caffeine-deprived moment my ways of circumventing my ignorance of the local language had always worked.
Sitting at the counter wondering what to do, I was rescued by an expatriate, and he kindly placed my order. I paid and quickly left with my coffee in one hand, umbrella in the other. When I travel, I try to blend in as much as possible. I felt foolish for sticking out and not making an effort to learn basic French phrases, especially when it comes to the life or death matter of getting that first cup of coffee in the morning.
I wondered later if she spoke English but was just messing the "the stupid American." After that incident, I swore I'd learn some French. It wasn't until then that I realized how much I had relied on my multilingual husband who, unfortunately, was at business meetings all day.
In the end, my day ended up being great even though it rained like cats and dogs. Once suitably caffeinated I was happy. I spent the entire day wandering aimlessly around Paris. Life was good.
But I learned my lesson. Since that trip I've been studying french using the Fluenz method. I thought I was too old to learn a foreign language but I've been amazed how easy it's been to speak, write and read French. If I can do it, anyone can (ironically, for some reason though, I have trouble correctly pronouncing "Salade Niçoise").
If I'm lucky enough to go to France again I'll be ready to order that cup of coffee by myself.


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Hachiko: My Full Encounter
Hachiko is popular to most people for its loyalty to its master. Its story inspired both the dog lovers and non-lovers around the world especially when Richard Gere made a movie about him. When in Tokyo, locals and tourists queue to have a photo with its bronze statue in Shibuya. Living in Tokyo gave me a great opportunity to have several encounters with this iconic dog over the years.
Hachiko Discoveries in Tokyo
I first learned about Hachiko from an old anime or cartoon. I may not be a big fan of dogs, but its cuteness and character caught my attention at that time. Watching the cartoon was like watching a love story. Several years after, I found myself taking a photo beside its infamous statue in front of Shibuya Station. It was one of my must-do-things when I first came to Japan in 2008.
Bronze statue of Hachiko in Shibuya
Our tête-à-tête continued when I visited the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno sometime in 2014. Inside the museum is its mounted remains.
The stuffed Hachiko inside the National Museum of Nature and Science, Ueno
And this year, my encounter with this faithful dog has reached its full cycle. Last Sunday, I finally had the chance to see the latest memorabilia of Hachiko. This time, he is no longer alone. He is now reunited with his master, Dr. Ueno Hidesaburo. Unlike the one in Shibuya, their statues stand quietly on the grounds of Tokyo University Yayoi Campus where Dr. Ueno worked as an agricultural scientist.
Reunited with his master, Dr. Ueno
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The following Excel macro will convert your MARTIF file to a simple two-column, source-target-language Excel glossary. While you will lose a lot of the more advanced information that might be contained in the MARTIF file (such as relationships between terms, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, etc.), sometimes, as you and I well know, it's the bare-bones glossary data that counts and that you will get.
And how to use the macro? Open the Macro dialog in Excel (earlier versions: Tools> Macro; current versions: select Macro on the View or Developer ribbon), enter mtf2xls, select Create, paste the macro and save it, run the macro, select the MARTIF file, convert, and voilà. You might run into problems with some broken special characters, but those should be an easy fix with a couple of quick search-and-replace actions.


Now here's a way to have your modern wedding in style! These wedding Mod Monogrammed Hot Cocoa Mixes offer the timeless monogram classic with a special twist of modern elegance. Clean lines and fonts make them the right favor choice for a bride whose heart desires a mod wedding but also appreciates traditional elements. From pale hues to bold colors, the labels can be selected to suit the wedding's decor perfectly. For the couple with a sweet tooth this decadent chocolate favor is sure to please. If you love chocolate, this is the perfect favor for you, anytime. And just because your wedding is held in the spring, summer or fall, don't hesitate! This traditional winter beverage is now enjoyed all year round.
Personalization is included. Just select from an assortment of pics to find the color that's just right for you and add your monogram initials for a truly custom wedding favor that are all your own! Customized to perfection, you can show your guests your personal sense of style and send a mod message that won't be missed!


As Jesus says in the gospel of Matthew, the next chapter of our story begins with "the renewal of all things," by which he means the earth we love in all its beauty, our own selves, and the things that make for a rich life: music, art, food, laughter and all that we hold dear. Everything shall be renewed "when the world is made new."
This series was recorded during a Facebook LIVE event over the course of five week. Each week, John offered a deeper look into two chapters from the book, along with the Q&A that occurred after each teaching.
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Journey of Desire (previously titled Desire) is John's exploration of the deepest longings of the human heart. If you've been searching for the life you've always dreamed of...this is for you.
"Prayer sets up a terrible dilemma for us. We want to pray; it's in our nature. We desperately want to believe that God will come through for us. But then . . . he doesn't seem to, and where does that leave us?
I believe God is in the dilemma; I believe he wants us to push through to real answers, solid answers.


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Growth & Pitfalls of the Indian Economy
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It is very obvious that the Indian economy was not as progressive and strong immediately after independence as it is after almost 65 years of overcoming the British domination. At the very grass-root level when the country had freed itself from the evil and suppressive clutches of the English, India had a reasonably good foreign exchange reserve which later accelerated the growth of the economy as a whole.
It also enjoyed a fairly good industrial base which indicated a strong industrial prospect of India. A handful of domestic private entrepreneurs were also ready to break the ice with the first series of investment in independent India. But literacy rate was low as the people in the rural sector, which still occupies the major part of the economy, was poor and could not afford to receive education. But they were diligent and were ready to put in their honest efforts for the industrial development of the country. On the other hand, the well- educated members of the urban sector had funds as well the business ideas. So a combined approach comprising of knowledge, labor and finance was undertaken by the Indian Government to pave the path of economic improvement in the country.
But this joint effort of the rich and educated class and the poor and illiterate group could not be achieved so easily. There was already a feeling of hatred and dissatisfaction existing between these two sections of the society before independence, mainly because of the status difference between the rich and the poor and the financial burden which the rich moneylenders had maintained on the poor farmers for years. And the country produced the same picture even after independence. Moreover, the age- old oppression of the landlords continued even after independence which added fuel to the fire and enhanced the difference between the two communities. So, the cooperation between these two groups could not be achieved so easily.
Communism at that time was a very popular ideology, particularly for its success in Russia. At the same time, capitalism promised success to a nation industrially when the entrepreneurs would be free to take their own business decisions without any outside intervention. But the then Prime Minister of the country, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, never really supported capitalism as he thought that the power of the country would again go into the hands of a foreign country if capitalism was followed in India. Again, communism alone might not ensure the success of India since regular interference of the government in every matter might hamper the smooth progress of the country as a whole. So, the Prime Minister decided to follow a mixed policy, i.e., a combination of communism and capitalism, whereby, the major industrial sectors of the country would be under government control while the small- scale industries would be run by private entrepreneurs.
This kind of government attitude continued for a long time till globalization when every country started opening up and consequently, every economy became an open one. At that time, the Indian government realized that owing to its heavy interference in the industrial sector of the country, the foreign companies were reluctant to establish trade relationship with India due to complicated paper work and time- consuming legal procedure. This was the primary reason why the Indian automobile industry in the 1990s was characterized by only a few foreign giants like Honda, Yamaha and Maruti.
It was then that the government followed a Deregulation Policy, thereby decreasing its constant intervention from the industrial sector of the country. As a result, today, a number of foreign companies like Daewoo, Mitsubishi, Opel, Mercedes, Hyundai and many more are entering the Indian automobile market. Significant progress was achieved in other industrial sectors as well as service sectors like banks. Before independence, the entire banking sector was under private ownership. But after independence, in the 1950s, the government decided to bring the entire sector under its control.
But again, with the growing financial needs of the country, it has allowed the foreign banks like The Royal Bank of Scotland, The American Bank and others to operate in the banking sector of the country. Probably from 2002-03 onwards, privatization of the banking sector was also brought about whereby, a number of private banks came into being like the ICICI bank, Ing Vyasa etc. This has not only increased the competition in the banking sector but has also met the rising credit requirement of the general public.
The food production also showed a significant rise, particularly after the Green Revolution. So, with the overall progress of the country in almost all the sectors, the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of India rose very sharply, with the service sector contributing 57.2 % of the total GDP and the industrial and agricultural sectors going at 28.6 % and 14.6% respectively of the total GDP. But according to the survey made in 2009-10, the contribution of the industrial sector dropped down to about 45 %.
In 2008, India was rated as the fastest growing economy in the world but the growth rate declined to 6.4 %. However, the growth rate improved to 7.4 % in 2009-10, while the fiscal deficit increased from 5.9 % to 6.5 % during the same period.
Today, the Indian economy is rising at a massive rate, though some sectors like agriculture are showing a slight fall in the growth rate and last quarter of this year has dipped. But this will not affect the overall growth of the economy.
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A certain Senator, who is not, it may be, esteemed the wisest Man in the House, has a frequent Custom of shaking his Head when another speaks, which giving Offence to a particular Person, he complained of the Affront; but one who had long been acquainted with him, assured the House, it was only an ill Habit he had got, for though he would oftentimes shake his Head, there was nothing in it.
A Gentleman having lent a Guinea, for two or three Days, to a Person whose Promises he had not much Faith in, was very much surpriz'd to find he very punctually kept his Word with him; the same Gentleman being sometime after desirous of borrowing the like Sum, No, said the other, you have deceived me once, and I am resolved you shan't do it a second Time.
My Lord Chief Justice Holt had sent, by his Warrant, one of the French Prophets, a foolish Sect, that started up in his Time, to Prison; upon which Mr. Lacy, one of their Followers, came one Day to my Lord's House, and desired to speak with him, the Servants told him, he was not well, and saw no Company that Day, but tell him, said Lacy, I must see him, for I come to him from the Lord God, which being told the Chief Justice, he order'd him to come in, and ask'd him his Business; I come, said he, from the Lord, who sent me to thee, and would have thee grant a Noli Prosequi for John Atkins, whom thou hast cast into Prison; Thou art a false Prophet, answered my Lord, and a lying Knave, for if the Lord had sent thee it wou'd have been to the Attorney-General, he knows it is not in my Power to grant a Noli Prosequi.
Tom B---rn---t happening to be at Dinner at my Lord Mayor's, in the latter Part of the late Queen's Reign, after two or three Healths, the Ministry was toasted, but when it came to Tom's Turn to drink, he diverted it for some Time by telling a Story to the Person who sat next him; the chief Magistrate of the City not feeling his Toast go round, call'd out, Gentlemen, where sticks the Ministry? At nothing, by G--d, says Tom, and so drank off his Glass.
My lord Craven, in King James the First's Reign, was very desirous to see Ben Johnson, which being told to Ben, he went to my Lord's House, but being in a very tatter'd Condition, as Poets sometimes are, the Porter refused him Admittance, with some saucy Language, which the other did not fail to return: My Lord happening to come out while they were wrangling, asked the Occasion of it: Ben, who stood in need of no-body to speak for him, said, he understood his Lordship desired to see him; you, Friend, said my Lord, who are you? Ben Johnson, reply'd the other: No, no, quoth my lord, you cannot be Ben Johnson who wrote the Silent Woman, you look as if you could not say Bo to a Goose: Bo, cry'd Ben, very well, said my Lord, who was better pleas'd at the Joke, than offended at the Affront, I am now convinced, by your Wit, you are Ben Johnson.
A certain Fop was boasting in Company that he had every Sense in perfection; no, by G--d, said one, who was by, there is one you are entirely without, and that is Common Sense.
An Irish Lawyer of the Temple, having occasion to go to Dinner, left these Directions written, and put in the Key-Hole of his Chamber-Door, I am gone to the Elephant and Castle, where you shall find me; and if you can't read this Note, carry it down to the Stationer's, and he will read it for you.
Old Dennis who had been the Author of many Plays, going by a Brandy-Shop, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; the Man who kept it, came out to him, and desired him to drink a Dram, for what Reason said he, because you are a Dramatick poet, answered the other; well, Sir, said the old Gentleman, you are an out-of-the-way Fellow, and I will drink a Dram with you; but when he had so done, he asked him to pay for it, S'death, Sir, said the Bard, did you not ask me to drink a Dram because I was a Dramatick Poet; yes Sir, reply'd the Fellow, but I did not think you had been a Dram o'Tick Poet.
Daniel Purcel, the famous Punster, and a Friend of his, having a Desire to drink a Glass of Wine together upon the 30th of January, they went to the Salutation Tavern upon Holbourn-Hill, and finding the Door shut, they knock'd at it, but it was not opened to 'em, only one of the Drawers look'd through a little Wicket, and asked what they would please to have, why open your Door, said Daniel, and draw us a Pint of Wine, the Drawer said, his Master would not allow of it that Day, it was a Fast; D--mn your Master, cry'd he, for a precise Coxcomb, is he not contented to fast himself but he must make his Doors fast too.
The same Gentleman calling for some Pipes in a Tavern, complained they were too short; the Drawer said, they had no other, and those were but just come in: Ay, said Daniel, I see you have not bought them very long.


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Q: Generating and displaying random platforms in pygame So this is part of the code for my game, using pygame. I'm trying to generate random platforms (from 3 different options), store them in a list and then blit all platforms in the list to the screen. I am able to generate the platform shapes correctly but other than the first platform i'm unable to position them where i want them.
blue = (0, 255, 255)
black = (0, 0, 0)
red = (255, 0, 0)

i = 0
c = 0

Done = True
globalplatpos = pygame.Surface([395, 30])
globalplat = globalplatpos.get_rect()

platform_dimensions = plattop, platleft, platw, plath = 0,0,0,0

def play():

#============GAME SETUP============
    SIZE = WIDTH, HEIGHT = 800, 600
    TITLE = "Duality"
    SPEED = 10
    JUMPHEIGHT = 300
    JUMPCOUNT = 0
    JUMPSPEED = 15
    GRAVITY = 10
    STANDING = 1
    JUMPING = 0

    globalplatpos.fill(red)
    platform = globalplat
    platform.bottom = HEIGHT

    PLATFORM = []
    PLATPOS = []

    platstand = True

    screen = pygame.display.set_mode(SIZE)
    caption = pygame.display.set_caption(TITLE)
    clock = pygame.time.Clock()

    mainsprite = pygame.image.load("images\mainsprite.png")
    mainchar = mainsprite.get_rect()
    mainchar.left = 177.5
    mainchar.bottom = 570

    mirrsprite = pygame.image.load("images\mirrsprite.png")
    mirrchar = mirrsprite.get_rect()
    mirrchar.left = mainchar.left + 400
    mirrchar.bottom = mainchar.bottom
#============GAME SETUP============

#============PLATFORM GENERATOR============
    def platform_generator(platform):
        global globalplat
        global globalplatpos
        global platform_dimensions

        globalplat = platform.move(0,-60)
        globalplatpos.fill(red)

        lastplat = PLATFORM[len(PLATFORM) - 1]
        platheight = lastplat.top

        leftpos = pygame.Surface([131, 30])
        leftplat = leftpos.get_rect()

        centrepos = pygame.Surface([100, 30])
        centreplat = centrepos.get_rect()

        rightpos = pygame.Surface([131, 30])
        rightplat = rightpos.get_rect()

        plat_type = random.randrange(0,3)

        if plat_type == 0:
            globalplat = leftplat
            globalplatpos = leftpos
            platform_dimensions = int(globalplat.top + 290), 0, 131, 30

        elif plat_type == 1:
            globalplat = centreplat
            globalplatpos = centrepos
            platform_dimensions = int(globalplat.top + 290), 132, 100, 30

        elif plat_type == 2:
            globalplat = rightplat
            globalplatpos = rightpos
            platform_dimensions = int(globalplat.top + 290), 233, 131, 30

        else:
            pass

        PLATFORM.append(globalplat)
        PLATPOS.append(globalplatpos)

#============PLATFORM GENERATOR============

#============GAME LOOP============
    Done = False
    while not Done:
        clock.tick(60)
        fps = clock.get_fps()
        print(fps)
        platform = globalplat
        platpos = globalplatpos

        mirrchar.left = mainchar.left + 406
        mirrchar.bottom = mainchar.bottom

        def update():
            screen = pygame.display.set_mode(SIZE)
            screen.fill(blue)
            screen.blit(mainsprite, mainchar)
            screen.blit(mirrsprite, mirrchar)
            listpos = 0
            pos = PLATPOS[listpos]
            platshape = pygame.Rect(platform_dimensions)
            platform = pygame.draw.rect(screen, red, platshape, 0)
            platpos = globalplatpos
            PLATFORM.append(platform)
            PLATPOS.append(platpos)
            for form in PLATFORM:
                pos = PLATPOS[listpos]
                listpos += 1
                screen.blit(pos, form)

            divpos = pygame.Rect(395, 0, 10, HEIGHT)
            divrect = pygame.draw.rect(screen, black, divpos, 0)
            pygame.display.update()

        global i
        if i == 0:
            globalplat.bottom = HEIGHT
            i = 1
            PLATFORM.append(globalplat)
            PLATPOS.append(globalplatpos)
            screen.blit(globalplatpos, globalplat)

        elif i == 1 and len(PLATFORM) < 10:
            platform_generator(platform)
            plat1 = PLATFORM[0]
            update()

        elif plat1.top > HEIGHT:
            plat1 = PLATFORM[0]
            pos1 = PLATPOS[0]
            del plat1
            del pos1

        else:
            update()

        if mainchar.left > 0: #MOVE LEFT
            if pygame.key.get_pressed()[K_LEFT] or pygame.key.get_pressed()[K_a]:
                mainchar.left -= SPEED
        else:
            mainchar.left = 0

        if mainchar.right < 395: # MOVE RIGHT
            if pygame.key.get_pressed()[K_RIGHT] or pygame.key.get_pressed()[K_d]:
                mainchar.right += SPEED
        else:
            mainchar.right = 395

        jump = pygame.key.get_pressed()[K_SPACE] or pygame.key.get_pressed()[K_UP]

        platstand = mainchar.collidelist(PLATFORM)
        for form in PLATFORM:
            if mainchar.colliderect(form):
                STANDING = 1
                mainchar.bottom = form.top

        if JUMPING == 0:
            if mainchar.collidelist(PLATFORM) > -1:
                STANDING = 1

        if STANDING == 1:
            if jump:
                JUMPING = 1

        if JUMPING == 1:
            if JUMPCOUNT < JUMPHEIGHT/2:
                mainchar.bottom -= JUMPSPEED
                mirrchar.bottom -= JUMPSPEED
                JUMPCOUNT += JUMPSPEED
            elif JUMPCOUNT > JUMPHEIGHT/2 and JUMPCOUNT < JUMPHEIGHT * 0.75:
                mainchar.bottom -= JUMPSPEED/2
                mirrchar.bottom -= JUMPSPEED/2
                JUMPCOUNT += JUMPSPEED
            elif JUMPCOUNT > JUMPHEIGHT * 0.75 and JUMPCOUNT < JUMPHEIGHT:
                mainchar.bottom -= JUMPSPEED/4
                mirrchar.bottom -= JUMPSPEED/4
                JUMPCOUNT += JUMPSPEED
            else:
                JUMPCOUNT = 0
                JUMPING = 0
                STANDING = 0
                jump = False

        if STANDING == 0:
            mainchar.bottom += GRAVITY
            mirrchar.bottom += GRAVITY

        def gameover():
            Done = True

        if mainchar.top > HEIGHT:
            gameover()

        if pygame.key.get_pressed()[K_ESCAPE]:
            escape()

        for event in pygame.event.get():
            if event.type == pygame.QUIT: Done = True

        update()
#============GAME LOOP============

A: I can't run this example but I see one mistake in blit()
You use
screen.blit( position, surface )

but blit() expects
screen.blit( surface, position )

Read PyGame Documentation: pygame.Surface.blit()

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In other words, when it comes to what to bring on a road trip, there are certain things you must have. After all, you never know what can — and will — happen on the road, especially if you'll be going solo. From getting caught in a sudden snowstorm in West Virginia with a flat tire and a bad spare to having no phone reception (or WiFi hotspot) while driving through South Dakota, I've experienced a range of situations I could have been much better prepared for.
According to a recent AAA Travel Survey of 1,007 adults living in the continental U.S., AAA found that four in 10 respondents are planning to take a family vacation in 2019. Among those surveyed, about half, 53 percent, of traveling families will road trip this year. And many of these trips will be during the spring and summer.
Of course, before packing up your vehicle, you should get it checked out by a mechanic. Then, make sure you bring these items along when you hit the road.
As much as you may love your phone's Maps app, you won't always have reception, so having a physical map or road atlas is critical. Last fall, I Iearned that the hard way when I had no phone reception while driving across South Dakota and couldn't find my atlas, let alone a place to buy a new one, for hours. When I finally did, I tracked my route with different-colored highlighters.
"Bring along destination information and track your road trip progress on a map," Julie Hall, an AAA spokesperson, said in an email. "Always carry a map or atlas as a backup in case you lose GPS or cell signal." You can also map out your route(s) in advance using a tool like AAA's TripTik Travel Planner.
To maintain your energy, healthy snacks and lots of water are other must-haves. When you hit long expanses of open highway or winding back roads, there won't always be places to stop and restock, so having protein-heavy snacks and spare water is essential. "Pack healthy and non-perishable items, like granola bars or nuts, for when you can't stop for a full meal while traveling," said Hall. And, although you may bring along your own water bottle, you may not always get the opportunity to refill it, or the water you find during your route may not be the best quality, so make sure you have some bottled water with you, too.
A flashlight can come in handy for many reasons, especially once the sun sets. "You can use it to look under the hood or vehicle," said Hall. "It's also useful if you're stranded at night." In an Uber once, I noticed that my driver had a long steel flashlight by his feet and he said he carries it not just for emergency situations when he needs extra light, but also to potentially use in self-defense, if necessary. In addition to keeping a full-size flashlight in my car, I also have a pocket-sized one with me at all times, just in case.
For many road-trippers, carrying pepper spray is not only a safety precaution, but can help them feel better psychologically, too. (Just make sure it's legal in all the states you'll be road-tripping through.) Since many brands come on keychains, you'll literally have it on hand at all times. I also carry this self-defense cat keychain to help me feel safe.
As for a Swiss Army Knife, you never know when you'll need a multi-use implement, from cutting up food to using it as a survival tool.
Having a first-aid kit with you will not only help with unexpected injuries, but you can also use the contents for other things, such as Band-Aids as tape. Though you can buy one ready to go, I recommend personalizing the first-aid kit, too, and adding items like hand sanitizer and a Tide pen.
Not only will having extra power banks come in handy, but so will a portable hotspot, such as Skyroam Solis, if you find yourself really needing to get online. Again, I learned this the hard way while driving through South Dakota; I had no reception as deer continually jumped into the road at sunset and I really needed to find a place to sleep.
Especially on winter road trips, I always have a camera with me as well, in addition to my phone, because the colder it got the more my phone loved to freeze or die altogether.
Even if you stay in Airbnbs or with friends, everyone sets their thermostats differently, so it's best to have a sleeping bag with you. It will also come in handy for car naps, along with your favorite travel pillow.
An emergency kit is a road trip essential, too. Hall said to always have this kit on hand, and include jumper cables or a jump pack; a basic toolkit with screwdrivers, pliers, an adjustable wrench, duct tape and plastic zip ties; a tarp, raincoat and gloves; and rags, paper towels or pre-moistened wipes. "These items are good for spilled food, beverages or other accidents, and also come in handy when working under the hood (i.e., when loosening caps)," said Hall.
She also recommends having warning devices, such as reflective triangles or LED beacons. "These make your vehicle more visible, especially at night, and signal other drivers that the vehicle is disabled and should be avoided to help prevent collisions," she said.
Additionally, pack for the weather: not only when it comes to clothing, but also when it comes to weather-specific items, from sunscreen to shovels. For instance, in winter months, Hall suggests bringing along items like ice scrapers, snow chains and non-clumping cat litter. "Bring extra windshield washer solvent, too, which can freeze in certain temperatures," she said.
All in all, you've got plenty to pack before heading off on your road trip, and you can likely add even more based on personal preference (not to mention all the clothes, toiletries and other items you'd pack for any trip). But a little preparation goes a long way to help ensure that you have the best trip possible.


BlazingSQL is a distributed GPU-accelerated SQL engine with data lake integration, where data lakes are huge quantities of raw data that are stored in a flat architecture. It is ACID-compliant. BlazingSQL targets ETL workloads and aims to perform efficient read IO and OLAP querying. BlazingDB refers to the company and BlazingSQL refers to the product. It is currently under active development with 15 employees. BlazingDB has offices in San Franscisco and Peru.
BlazingSQL started as a GPU table joiner for multi-terabyte databases. The Aramburu brothers, Rodrigo and Felipe, founded a company in 2013 that provided analytical solutions and needed to speed up joins for pension fraud detection. The system is closed-source with a free community binary. It integrates with the open-source open GPU data science initiative, RAPIDS, which relies on NVIDIA GPUs.
Historically, BlazingSQL supported compression and decompression on the GPU with bit-packing, delta encoding, dictionary encoding, and run-length encoding. This is currently disabled alongside its custom Simpatico file format. As of November 2018, it operates directly on Apache Parquet, CSV, and ORC. BlazingSQL does not currently write data and instead reads it from the data lake. It is able to operate directly on compressed data.
BlazingSQL does not write data. It reads directly from the data lake, loading it into GPU data frames that can be shared with other BlazingSQL worker nodes through interprocess communication. Worker nodes do not have to be on the same machine, they can utilize different machines and different GPUs. BlazingSQL handles concurrency for the generation of result sets. However, the user is responsible for ensuring that the data in the data lake is internally consistent and free of corruption when it is queried.
BlazingSQL is a relational database. It accepts multiple in-memory formats (e.g. Apache Parquet) and provides a SQL interface for querying the data.
BlazingSQL is hardware-accelerated with NVIDIA GPUs. Relevant columnar data is compressed, cached and sent to the GPU. The GPUs are used to speed up transforms, predicates, running predicates while skipping metadata, and to perform accelerated joins. This is accomplished by hooking into the cu* libraries that are part of the RAPIDS initiative, which are themselves bindings around NVIDIA's CUDA libraries.
BlazingSQL does not appear to support indexes.
BlazingSQL supports transformations and hash joins (left, left-outer, full-outer) on all the column types supported by rapids.ai. Ordering, arithmetic, date transformations, predicates and group by operations are performed over vectors of data with GPU SIMD.
BlazingSQL does not write data.
BlazingSQL uses RAPIDS libraries, which themselves use NVIDIA's CUDA. CUDA has support for JIT and code generation.
BlazingSQL operations are vectorized on the GPU (SIMD).
BlazingSQL exposes a Python connector for executing SQL commands.
BlazingSQL caches the data which is read from the data lake. The cache is cascading, storing data in GPU memory, GPU memory, and finally SSD/NVME.
BlazingSQL does not write data. It reads compressed data directly from the data lake and transmits relevant columns to the GPU. On the GPU, data is represented as a GPU DataFrame (GDF). GDFs are built on top of Apache Arrow, which is a columnar in-memory format.
BlazingSQL can utilize multiple GPUs distributed across different servers. BlazingSQL also has a distributed cache. Upon reading from the data lake, data is cached on the worker nodes. If a worker node A requests data that was recently read from the data lake by another worker node B, worker node B is able to push the desired data to worker node A.
BlazingSQL supports both virtual and materialized views. Materialized views are currently not persistent.
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October snow on the North Fork? Really?
WEATHER CHANNEL GRAPHIC | The first snowfall of the season could come to the North Fork this weekend, but be more prepared for lots of rain and cold.
It appears that extended summer we felt for much of this fall is gone for good.
In fact, the first snowfall of the season could hit the North Fork during what is expected to be a cold, wet and possibly slushy Saturday.
Winter storm warnings have been issued for the mid-Atlantic region tonight and snowy conditions could extend into the Northeast by tomorrow, according to the National Weather Service.
The Weather channel reports a 90 percent chance of rain Saturday with snow possible for Saturday evening on the North Fork. Temperatures are expected to dip below freezing Saturday night with a high during the day of 47 degrees. Winds could be as strong 30 miles per hour at times Saturday.
The Weather Channel does not predict any significant snowfall accumulation for our area, though it projects as much as four inches could blanket New York City.
You can keep up with the North Fork weather forecast from The Weather Channel here. Or for alerts check out the National Weather Service's local office.
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package com.lot.user.service

import akka.actor.Actor
import akka.actor.ActorLogging
import com.lot.exchange.Message.NewOrder
import com.lot.exchange.Message.ModifyOrder
import com.lot.exchange.Message.CancelOrder
import com.lot.order.model.Order
import scala.concurrent.duration._
import akka.util.Timeout
import scala.concurrent.Await
import akka.actor.ActorRef
import com.lot.security.model.PriceMessage
import com.lot.security.model.Price
import akka.pattern.ask
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
import com.lot.user.dao.UserDao
import scala.collection.immutable.HashMap
import akka.actor.Props
import com.lot.user.service.UserManagerMessages._
import akka.actor.ReceiveTimeout
import com.lot.utils.GenericMessages._

/**
 * Used to manage the updates to the user account_balance and blocked_amount
 */
class UserActor(val user_id: Long) extends Actor with ActorLogging {

  override def preStart = {
    /*
     * Ensure this actor times out and does not hog resources
     */
    context.setReceiveTimeout(120 seconds)
  }

  def receive = {
    case msg @ BlockAmount(user_id, order_id, amount) => {
      log.debug(s"$msg")
      val update = Await.result(UserDao.addBlockedAmount(user_id, order_id, amount), 5 seconds)
      update match {
        case 1 => sender ! Success
        case 0 => sender ! Failure
      }
    }
    case msg @ UnBlockAmount(user_id, order_id, amount) => {
      log.debug(s"$msg")
      val update = Await.result(UserDao.unBlockedAmount(user_id, order_id, amount * -1), 5 seconds)
      update match {
        case 1 => sender ! Success
        case 0 => sender ! Failure
      }
    }
    case msg @ AddAccountBalance(user_id, amount) => {
      log.debug(s"$msg")
      val update = Await.result(UserDao.addAccountBalance(user_id, amount), 5 seconds)
      update match {
        case 1 => sender ! Success
        case 0 => sender ! Failure
      }
    }
    case msg @ DeductBlockedAmount(user_id, order_id, amount) => {
      log.debug(s"$msg")
      val update = Await.result(UserDao.deductBlockedAmount(user_id, order_id, amount), 5 seconds)
      update match {
        case 1 => sender ! Success
        case 0 => sender ! Failure
      }
    }
    case ReceiveTimeout => {
      // To turn it off
      log.warning(s"Stopping $self due to timeout")
      context.setReceiveTimeout(Duration.Undefined)
      context.stop(self)
    }

  }

}

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Changes to Texas Rating System Add to Challenges for Struggling Schools
So far, the Texas Education Agency said that it has not decided if it will give struggling schools a break this year.
Laura Isensee
| Posted on October 5, 2017, 11:20 AM (Last Updated: October 5, 2017, 12:41 PM )
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Principals and school leaders from schools in the Kashmere Gardens neighborhood share updates about their schools at a monthly community meeting.
Even before Harvey hit Houston, several schools there faced a do-or-die year: Improve and get off the state's list of chronically failing schools, or be closed down.
Turns out, it's not that easy to know what makes a passing grade. That's because the state of Texas is changing how it grades schools, and the system isn't final yet.
Those state report cards were a big topic at a recent community meeting in Kashmere Gardens. There, principals from schools in the area meet every month to talk about how they're working to improve their schools. At their first meeting since Harvey, they got up, one by one, and gave updates on their latest ratings from the state.
"We have been a school that's been at risk for not meeting standard for quite a while, and we did not go into that category, which is great," said Iliana Perez, principal of Paige Elementary.
Joseph Williams, who leads Key Middle School, reported: "Certainly we want to maintain meeting state accountability and we want to take it up to another notch."
And another principal, Kashmere High's Nancy Blackwell, got straight to what's worrying her about this year. She has no idea exactly how the state will evaluate her school. It's complicated.
"You were talking about index 1, 2, 3 and 4 is about to change to domains 1, 2 and 3 and ruling things here and there and the standards aren't set. That's one reason parents do get a little confused because it's changing again for 2018," Blackwell told dozens of educators and community members at the Kashmere Gardens Multi-Service center.
It's not just parents — it's school administrators across the state. Unlike when the state often phases in a new rating system, Texas's formula for this school year isn't final, even as class is already in session.
"When you don't know what you're shooting for, it's hard to hit a target," said Carla Stevens, an assistant superintendent with the Houston Independent School District. She studies the complex methods behind Texas' school grades.
"We don't know how things are going to be weighted. We don't know what targets are going to be set. So at this point in time, there is no way that I can predict whether or not a campus is going to come off of improvement required or go on to improvement required," she explained.
She said that Texas schools won't know all the details until after state testing starts in the spring. Which makes it even tougher for schools on the state's "must improve" list.
"We're at the point where there's no syllabus, there is no grading rubric, there's nothing. We just know that we have to keep doing better. And we hope that at the end of the year we will meet that standard," Stevens said.
Nancy Blackwell recently started her third year as principal of Kahsmere High. She has made sure that all teachers are certified and opened new labs for students to research college opportunities.
For schools like Kashmere High, that moving target is frustrating. It has fallen below state standards for eight years, the longest of any Texas school. This past year, they would have passed if just two students scored higher. Principal Nancy Blackwell said that they plan to appeal their rating.
"Coming close hurts, but coming close doesn't count," she said.
Blackwell isn't dwelling on that. She's made sure all Kashmere High teachers are certified and even sent some to summer boot-camps. Their campus just finished a renovation, and they've added new labs where students can research and apply to colleges.
"What we look at is to overachieve, or go beyond the state average. When I know we've gone beyond the state average with our kids, they'll be ready for anything that comes their way," Blackwell said.
But what nobody was ready for — Harvey. It flooded much of Northeast Houston, including Kashmere Gardens. Community leaders like Huey German-Wilson said that they want state education officials to take the storm into account when they grade schools this year.
"So we're going to be petitioning the state for those things — to ask that they give us some grace because the children have been devastated in several locations," she said. "At this point, they are devastated at home. Their community is devastated."
But she said that she hasn't "heard a thing" about the state relaxing its accountability standards.
"But typically, what I know is when we had Ike, that they could seriously consider those things when they talk about accountability," German-Wilson said.
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Did you know that even if you are in good health now, would be the prime time to do your Medicaid Planning? Medicaid Planning protects your family and your assets. This week on Life Happens Radio your hosts Aaron Connor and Frank Hemming will discuss why it could be important to plan ahead, especially when it comes to gifts for your children and grand-children. Aaron and Frank will also talk about ways to be prepared for the issues that arise while obtaining benefits, and why you should work closely with an experienced Elder Law Attorney to guide you through the process.


Flashing is an essential part of the exterior of your home including the roof. What is flashing? Generally speaking it's small pieces of aluminum, lead, or other metal that diverts water away from your home.
On most roofs, flashing exists around penetrations and objects such as chimneys, skylights, pipe vents, and more. Flashing is also used where a sidewall or dormer meets the roof. Although it's hard to see, roof flashing is a critical part of the overall function of your roof.
Broken or damaged roof flashing can cause leaking within your attic or home. In certain cases roof flashing can be replaced without the roofing shingles and in other cases it's necessary to remove and replace the roof system in order to address the flashing.
If you think you might have a roof flashing issue, we're standing by to help.
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Q: PHP 7.4.3 Strpos is not working on server but locally I am trying to solve a problem right now. Namely, I am writing an application that asks for the customer's privacy consent. For this I have created a database that stores the values.
To check if the customer has already consented to an item, I write the consents to a string, which I call result. If the string contains a certain value, then a "delete button" is displayed. If the customer has not yet agreed, then a consent button should be inserted.
Locally (PHP version 8) I have already coded everything. Here it also works as desired.
On the server (PHP version 7) I first used str_contains. However, I found out that this only works from PHP version 8. So I tried it with strpos, stristr and other methods. Unfortunately the check never takes place correctly on the server. Locally it works with strpos, stristr, etc.
<?php include "../functions/notLoggedIn.php"?>
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.1.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
        integrity="sha384-1BmE4kWBq78iYhFldvKuhfTAU6auU8tT94WrHftjDbrCEXSU1oBoqyl2QvZ6jIW3" crossorigin="anonymous">

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="custom.css">

    <title>Datenschutzeinwilligung</title>

    <link rel="icon" href="./favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

    <?php include_once "nav_logedin.php"?>

Datenschutzeinwilligung

        <?php
            /* Alle aktuellen Datenschutzeinwilligungen des Kunden selektieren */
            include "mysql.php";
            $stmt = $mysql->prepare("SELECT * FROM privacy, privacy_user WHERE privacy.PRIVACY_ID = privacy_user.PRIVACY_ID AND USER_ID = '" . $_SESSION['USER_ID'] . "' AND privacy_user.VALID_TILL IS NULL;");
            $stmt->execute();
            $users = $stmt->fetchAll();
            foreach($users as $user){
                $result .= "".$user['PRIVACY_ID']."";
                echo $result;
            }
            /* Funktion, welche ausgeführt wird, wenn der 'update'-Button geklickt wird */
            if(isset($_POST['update'])){
                $PRIVACY = $_POST['privacy'];
                $USER_ID = $_SESSION['USER_ID'];
                $pdoQuery = "INSERT INTO privacy_user SET USER_ID=:USER_ID, PRIVACY_ID=:PRIVACY_ID, VALID_FROM=now()";
                $pdoQuery_run = $mysql->prepare($pdoQuery);
                $pdoQuery_exec = $pdoQuery_run->execute(array(":USER_ID"=>$USER_ID, ":PRIVACY_ID"=>$PRIVACY));
                echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0'>";
            }
            /* Funktion, welche ausgeführt wird, wenn der 'delete'-Button geklickt wird */
            if(isset($_POST['delete'])){
                $PRIVACY = $_POST['privacy'];
                $USER_ID = $_SESSION['USER_ID'];
                $pdoQuery = "UPDATE privacy_user SET `VALID_TILL`=now() WHERE USER_ID=:USER_ID AND PRIVACY_ID=:PRIVACY_ID AND VALID_TILL IS NULL";
                $pdoQuery_run = $mysql->prepare($pdoQuery);
                $pdoQuery_exec = $pdoQuery_run->execute(array(":USER_ID"=>$USER_ID, ":PRIVACY_ID"=>$PRIVACY));
                echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0'>";
            }
        ?>

                <form method="post">

Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten

                            <input type="hidden" id="" value="1" name="privacy">
                            <?php
                                echo (stristr($result, 1) !== false)?'<button class="btn btn-danger" name="delete" type="submit">Ich willige nicht ein</button>':'<button class="btn btn-primary" name="update" type="submit">Ich willige ein</button>';
                            ?>

                </form>

        ....
        ... here are more checks like the above shown
        ....

    <?php include_once "footer.php"?>

Do you have any idea what I can improve in the code? If there are any questions about the code, just ask.
I'm grateful for any tips. Have a nice day!
Greetings Max

A: Did you try strpos($result, '1') !== false?


Dealing with a weird but serious injury.
It's possible to diddle around with micro-tears for months. One miscalculation and you might be back to square one.
About ten years ago, I started having a lower-leg problem that I assumed was a pulled calf muscle. The calf would get tender, sometimes knotty, after hard training (usually intervals); then a few days later, while out on a run, I'd feel a sharp pain very deep in the gastroc, and bingo, I'd be out of business.
The injury would respond to massage and rest, and after a few days, it would seem to be fine. Here's the tricky part, when I'd start back running after a few days off, things would go well for a mile or so, and then, yikes! The sharp pain would be back!
So I'd take a few more days off, more massage, and then start back. Deja vu all over again. And I found I could repeat the cycle as many times as I wanted, and the injury would just keep popping back up. It was the most frustrating injury I had ever dealt with.
I finally mentioned it to my old mentor, Roy Benson, and he set me straight.
"It's probably not a calf pull at all", he said. "More likely, it's a microtear deep in the muscle. A spasm forms around the torn muscle, that's the knot you feel in there. It starts to heal; that's when you think you're OK. But the process takes longer than we usually think – several weeks at least. When you start back too soon, you're simply re-injuring yourself".
Roy was right. I found that I had to say off the injury for several weeks, and even then, I had to take it easy when I started back. One miscalculation, and I was back to square one. It was possible, I soon discovered, to diddle around with this injury, literally, for months. (Ironically, I did pull my calf muscle in a skiing accident a couple of years ago, and though it seemed to be a fairly serious injury at the time, I was back to running much sooner afterward than with this pseudo-pull).
Since that initial injury, I've had this problem, in both legs, many times. It was always extremely frustrating because it always seemed to happen just as I was getting into halfway decent shape. But each time it happened, I learned a little more and cut my downtime by a few days. I now consider myself one of the world's experts on this injury, which my buddy Tom Raynor calls a "calf heart attack", and I've managed to avoid it altogether for several years now.
The root cause of this injury, according to my orthopedic friends, is compartment syndrome, which means that the sheath around the calf muscle isn't flexible enough, and when the muscle swells up during exercise, it can't expand enough to accommodate the necessary blood flow. The muscle becomes constricted, and eventually some fibers tear. Even after it heals, scar tissue often remains, which makes the site a prime candidate for reinjury, thus the cyclical nature of this problem.
If you're prone to this injury, you'd do well to focus on it right from the beginning. Otherwise believe me, it will frustrate you for years.
Step 1. Stay off it for as long as it takes to heal completely. I recommend at least a week. Do some wet vesting or cycling, but don't run just because it feels better after a day or so.
Step 2. Get as much massage – including self-massage – as you can, TheStick massage tool has been invaluable to me in this regard (because this injury is in deep, icing has not been as helpful as it has for most injuries). Definitely don't stretch your calf yet. Let it heal first.
Step 3. This step is the real "secret" to recovering quickly from this injury. I've found that it can cut recovery time from weeks or months to days. After a week of no running, start back with a "medicinal workout" on a track or another flat, controlled surface. Start by walking a mile, then jog very easily for a few hundred yards, and then walk again. Alternate between walking and jogging for three or four miles or until your calf begins to feel numb or sore. Then stop immediately. Your goal is to get as much circulation to it as possible without re-injuring it.
Step 4. If you get through the whole session and your calf still feels good, you're still probably not healed, but you're on your way. Take a day off and then repeat the procedure. Do this every other day for a week; increasing the jog portion of the workout as your calf improves.
Step 5. After a week of the medicinal workouts, try a short, very gentle run of three to four miles, on as flat a surface as possible. As always, if your calf gets numb or the sharp pain reappears, stop immediately and walk back. Remember the cyclical nature of this injury. Keep adding to your mileage and intensity day-by-day, but be ready to retreat at the first sign of trouble. After a few such runs, if you haven't overdone it, you'll be back to your normal routine.
Step 6. The long-term key to prevent a recurrence is just to stretch the hell out of your calves and Achilles tendons. I use a homemade, 45-degree stretching board in my office, which I try to get on several times a day, standing on the high end and lowering my heels as far as I can.
Again, make sure the injury is completely healed, and then make serious calf stretching an integral part of your routine. Continued use of TheStick is also highly recommended, both to mitigate any scar tissue and to keep the muscle and sheath as flexible as possible.
So take it from a long-time sufferer, the next time you "pull" your calf and it doesn't seem to heal, consider changing the diagnosis to "calf heart attack", and get yourself back on the road to good health.


"Bring me the Moon", ordered Gru, cackling as by the force of his will alone he controlled his minions and their new big white contraption.
We didn't just visit Scotland for a melancholy afternoon at Raith Rovers. On the second day of three, we drove both ways across this fine transportation architecture. The new Forth Bridge was built after the old one started pinging apart a few years ago. Like the other two monumental bridges — now, one rail, two road, and one from each of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries — it is an elegant structure, worth crossing just for the hell of it.
Sledgehammer symbolism it may be but anyone living in most of the UK today observed that we transitioned rather suddenly from winter into full-on spring. And it's forecast to stay. On such a day, let us use the Railway as a bridge.
A nice day also to mark the 2,000th picture on this blog taken in the UK. If Cambridge Analytica find it significant that I have spent 82.37% of my time over that period in my home country — there you go, I've saved them the bother of doing the maths.


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Here Comes The Fox News Demonization Of The Butler!
Posted by Ellen -7835.60pc on August 19, 2013 · Flag
Call a wah-mbulance! The top movie this weekend, The Butler, was unfair to St. Ronald Reagan! Frankly, America Live's "fair and balanced" assessment of Reagan's support of apartheid is - well, not quite.
Although America Live's expert argued that Ronald Reagan partly opposed sanctions against South Africa because he thought they would hurt the people, there's other evidence that he was a lot less sensitive:
Salon.com wrote in 2011:
The Reagan administration demonized opponents of apartheid, most notably the African National Congress, as dangerous and pro-communist. ...Reagan's record on South Africa was also marked by at least one embarrassing gaffe, when he told a radio interviewer in 1985: "They have eliminated the segregation that we once had in our own country — the type of thing where hotels and restaurants and places of entertainment and so forth were segregated — that has all been eliminated." Of course, that was simply not true, and Reagan later walked the statement back.
But somehow that got left out of the whine-fest about the movie's liberal bias. Can you say "Fox News grievance industry" anyone?
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Richard Santalone commented 2013-08-21 09:23:20 -0400 · Flag
From Aria Prescott's comment:
"If anything, Reagan got off light."
Yes indeed — and the principal reason why is because he had his good friend Herr Goebbels II (i.e. Rupert Murdoch) protecting his a*s. Keep in mind: Reagan fast-tracked Murdoch's U.S. citizenship application because federal law stipulates that ONLY AMERICAN CITIZENS can own and operate American television stations.
Aria Prescott commented 2013-08-20 17:00:17 -0400 · Flag
I asked the hounds who saw this about this movie, they all said the same thing… the dark side of every president was shown. If anything, Reagan got off light.
So how about a nice glass of shhhh?
Imad Basayev commented 2013-08-20 08:11:00 -0400 · Flag
Oh, so he was against sanctions cause he wanted to help black people. I believe that…cause he did so many other things to help end Apartheid.
@ Brandt Hardin Well Brandt, we DO know these two FACTS: First, during his eight year reign, Reagan had a VERY SYMPATHETIC MAINSTREAM MEDIA in his corner which was led by his good friend Herr Goebbels II (i.e. Rupert Murdoch) — remember, Reagan fast-tracked Murdoch's U.S. citizenship application — Murdoch became a full-fledged American citizen in September 1985, shortly before the outbreak of the Iran-contra scandal. which, unlike the Iranian hostage crisis that paved the way for Reagan's election in the first place, was SHUSHED UP BIG TIME by the mainsream media. Second, he DID bellow these words at Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terrorist group that held Americans hostage in Beirut, Lebanon during his reign:
"YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE!"
Reagan DID turn out to be dead on right in this sense: If Hezbollah's terrorists were hiding, how could he have paid them off with arms shipments?
Saint Ronnie never spent much time palling around with black people, but he always loved the movie antics of Farina and Buckwheat.
Kortez Tk commented 2013-08-19 18:38:33 -0400 · Flag
St. Reagan had his own portrait to paint of Amerikkka, but unfortunately, it avoided so much of the truth that he'd leave out of history to make it seem as if Amerikkka was the bastion of liberty and not supporters of slavery, theft of land, and murder of Native Americans. He carried that outlook on to the rest of the world. Of course, so many Amerikkkans simply do not care about anyone but themselves. That's what they call the Ugly Amerikkkan.
Lakeview Greg commented 2013-08-19 18:31:23 -0400 · Flag
How many kids might be adults today if Ronnie had shown at least a bit of compassion toward little ones with AIDS while he was in office?
That is his legacy.


This is an edited version of a post that first appeared on Clairemont Communications.
On Jan. 12, UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi became a viral sensation after performing a enthusiastic routine that earned a perfect score at the Collegiate Challenge.
But the strong internet response wasn't only because of Ohashi's flawless moves; it was also due to the palpable joy she and her teammates displayed during the performance, which has now been streamed on YouTube over 26 million times.
By winning over the crowd with her beaming smile and signature dance moves, Ohashi teaches us the importance of adding your own personal style and creativity into every campaign you approach.
As you get ready to build your brand, think about how you can add some extra special, outside-the-box flare. What makes your brand or idea stand out? While Ohashi has some jaw-dropping combinations of tumbling in her routine, it is her extra touch of personality that really wins the audience over.
Ohashi may be an athlete with world-class talent, but she has also experienced something that everyone has as some point: burnout. She was once an Olympic-track gymnast with dreams of representing Team USA. She ended up leaving that trajectory to pursue a more suitable lifestyle and a gymnastics career at UCLA.
While she might have left her Olympic dreams behind, she is anything but ordinary. Ohashi shows us that even if your first plan or strategy does not work out, that does not mean you have to settle for less. Always be on the lookout for a fresh and creative approach, whether it is for your own brand, one of your clients or a campaign you are trying to create. Just because you choose a different way, doesn't mean it is the wrong way.
Just like in gymnastics, presentation is everything for PR professionals. You can have a great idea, but if you can't frame it in a way that hooks your audience, it is going to fall short. From the moment she steps onto the floor, Ohashi has everyone's attention. Her radiant smile and strategic presentation only strengthen her routine.
Gymnasts train for years to perfect their landings and the positioning of their legs on the floor and uneven bars, just like PR professionals spend days and weeks creating the strategic plans for their organizations and clients.
Katelyn Ohashi might have won over the hearts of America with her flawless floor routine, but she won me over with the PR skills she may not even know she has!
Alex Davis-Isaac is a senior at the University of North Carolina.
Alex, thank you for using this vivid example to draw a parallel between gymnastics and public relations. The biggest area I have struggled with in PR is letting my personality shine through my work. Watching Ohashi's floor routine and reading your blog post gave me a clearer picture of how to showcase who I am in a professional setting. Thank you!


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Kroy makes transition to dirt in Bear's Den
Photo: Lauren King
Midwest Thoroughbreds' Kroy made a brilliant transition from turf to dirt Sunday at Gulfstream Park, speeding to a 1 ½-length triumph in the $100,000 Bear's Den, a stakes for Florida-bred 3-year-olds that was moved from the turf course to the main track due to heavy early morning rain.
The 3-year-old son of The Factor, who had exclusively run on dirt in his seven career starts, set dazzling fractions of 22.82 (seconds), 45.39, 1:08.79 during the first six furlongs before clocking in at 1:21.69 for the seven furlongs run over a fast track. Sent to post as the even-money favorite in a field of six, Kroy notched his third straight win and second straight stakes victory under jockey Emisael Jaramillo.
"I knew the horse was going to run great because he's better than ever, but I didn't expect to win like that," said De La Cerda, noting that Kroy has siblings that raced exclusively on dirt.
Zipping, the only horse with a victory over dirt in the field, pressed the pace under Aby Medina but came up short in the stretch to finish second, 9 ¼ lengths ahead of He's the One and jockey Luca Panici.
Undefeated in two starts since being equipped with blinkers, Kroy had previously won a mile optional claiming allowance and the 7 ½ furlong Tortugas Stakes over the Gulfstream turf course.
"We found out he likes dirt, so it worked out well," said Midwest Thoroughbreds' Richard Papiese, who made a weekend trip to South Florida with his wife, Karen, specifically to watch Kroy run in the Bear's Den.
De La Cerda has set the $300,000 Hollywood Derby (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 25 as a target for the late developing gelding.
"This horse has shown me that he's improved a lot. I've got to find better and tougher races to see what I have," De La Cerda said. "I think it's time to give him more opportunity."
Source: Gulfstream Park
He's The One Zipping Kroy Armando De La Cerda Midwest Thoroughbreds Inc. Gulfstream Park Bear's Den Stakes
» Horse: He's The One
» Horse: Zipping
» Person: Armando De La Cerda